WiMAX is one of the fastest growing emerging sectors within the world’s telecoms industry, with the global market potential estimated to be worth up to $1bn in 2007 and $4bn by 2010, according to recent research from analyst firm Maravedis.

Remarkably true... WiMAX has the potential to enable entire cities to go wireless. Imagine by 2010, we have the whole of San Francisco, Singapore, New York City, Taipei wireless! As the technological tide rises, we go with the trend and ride the tide.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

REST is a term coined by Roy Fielding in his Ph.D. dissertation to describe an architecture style of networked systems. REST is an acronym standing for Representational State Transfer.

I understand that this stuff may sound abstract, but it is useful (and practical).This page gives a good summary of what REST is.While this page gives you the actual dissertation by Roy Fielding, which he calls "Architectural Styles and the Design of Network-based Software Architectures"

REST is fundametally useful... because it is a "lightweight" approach, as compared to heavier models such as SOAP. In fact, it is much simple to implement REST than SOAP.

Everyone has heard of the Great Wall of China... but what is the Great Firewall of China? Simply put, this interesting term is a word play on internet censorship in mainland China. So, when you go to China, don't expect to access all the websites you previously could. But do remember to enjoy the scenery.

The gist:A four-year, comprehensive survey of the Amazon Basin in Brazil reveals that selective logging--the practice of cutting down just one or two tree species in an area--creates an additional 60 to 123 percent more damage than deforestation aloneRead more here.

This is a paramount piece of news. After all that we have been studying in Geography... are we to learn that selective logging is actually more damaging, contrary to what many people believe? Are decades of scholars wrong? What impact will it have on future policies in Brazil? What stand will Green Groups now take?

Saturday, October 22, 2005

With new features, advanced XML capabilities and native support for the OASIS Standard OpenDocument format, OpenOffice.org 2.0 gives users around the globe the tools to be engaged and productive members of their society.

OpenOffice 2.0 is the first office system to give support for the OpenDocument format.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

It seems that Google has hired Sean Egan, GAIM developer, to work on Google Talk.This makes a lot of sense as GAIM and Google Talk are IM software. In addition, it is also important to make Google Talk compatible on the open platform (looking at the direction Google is heading).

From http://gaim.sourceforge.net/:Working at GoogleI (Sean) have been hired by Google, moved to Seattle, and have been working on the Google Talk team for about a month and a half. The goal of Google Talk is to make real-time communication as open as possible, and in that regard, I've been working to offer all of Google Talk's features into other clients. Currently, I'm working on making it as easy as possible for other clients to use Google Talk's voice features. You can expect Gaim and other clients to be interoperable with Google Talk's voice features in the near future.

Monday, October 17, 2005

With the internet, plagiarism is an important and serious issue in today's academic arena, any many academic institutions are turning to "Anti-Plagiarism Software" to police against plagiarism or "cheating using copy and paste techniques" as it is more popularly known.

Apple shipped 1,236,000 Macintosh units and 6,451,000 iPods during the quarter – that's 48 per cent growth in Macs and 220 per cent growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter. For the whole year, the company generated revenue of $13.93 billion and a net profit of $1.335 billion – representing annual growth of 68 per cent and 384 per cent, respectively, and it was the highest annual revenue and net profit in its history.

A few days ago, The Straits Times reported:SINGAPORE Technologies Kinetics' Spider Light Strike Vehicle (LSV) will be racing through the desert for a US$2 million (S$3.36 million) prize.

Apparently...The Cornell team started with one of the most rugged off-road vehicles available, a Spider Light Strike Vehicle, manufactured and donated by Singapore Technologies.Read more about it here.

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